Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03

Worth Tatchers' Union.
a stock company has been organized in
The company has 100 head to start
witA.
Within the past TWO weeks seven tons,
or so per cent, of the veals received at
New York have been conhscated by the
meat inspectors as "bob' veal.
With only 8 fair corn crop, and the
yield promises to be large, there will be
more fine hogs raised in Tarrant county
than ever before.
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Cattlemen in the city yesterday report
the rain general over most of the range
country, both in Texas and the Indian
Territory, snd say grass will now be
splendid and stock water ample for all
purposes. The outlook for fat cattle
twenty days earlier than usual is very
good.
The general agent Of the Burton Stock
Car company at Kansas City recently
made arrangements and shipped carload
direct from the plains in Burton stock
car 70. The shipment contained fifteen
head and arrived at Jersey City on March
% via Pennsylvania lines. They are to
be reshipped from there TO Liverpool for
Buffalo BilI's Wild West show.
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a Well-knoWn stOckman said yesterday
that Texas was fast becoming great
mule raising state. Illinois, Missouri and
Kentucky, all Of which devoted consider
able attention to mules, are going almost
exclusively into the business of raising
fine horses, while Texas not only raises
the horses but is now looking after tee
mule question. The gentleman says the
climate and surroundings of Tarrant
and adjoining counties are spIendidly
adapted for this industTy.5
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The improved cars for the transporta-
ton of cattle place the cattle growers
within rapid and direct communication
with all the markets on the continent. If
shippers are dissatisfied with the Mis-
souri, river markets or Chicago, they can
ship through without paying any tributes,
and land their stock at Atlantic seabOard
cities in fac condition for immediate
slaughter into perfectly healthy beef, and
pay but one commission between the
grower and consumer, namely, to the
eastern butcher.
The project of establishing large stock
wards with shelter in Fort Worth as set
forth by Colonel Z. E. Maddox, meets
with great favor IN all quarters, especially
among the Cattlemen. Colonel Maddox
is supported 10 his views by several of
the most influential cattlemen in the
state, and they say mis- offer to take one
tenth Of the stock of 900 is certainly
very liberal, and shows the great faith j
man of excellent judgment has in the en-
terprise. 1t is said that several cattle
men beside ColOpel Maddox are ready to
take stock in the company.
The Butchers Union held a meeting
last night al STEMS Temple Place. a
petition to the City Council which had
been prepared by committee,
together with an ordinance which
the Council will be asked to pass,
were read. The petition sets forth IN 8
strong manner the abuses which have
grown up in selling bad meats without an
inspector and prays that meat inspector
be appointed The ordinance provides
for licensing or taxing butchers $50 pei
Rnnum, which, with the number of butch
ers now here twenty-fOur, will bring in s
revenue of $1,000, and out of this sum al
inspector OF cattle, sheep ana hogs sIaugh
tered can be paid.
TIE Stock Grower IL Il recent issue
says: "SinCe the passage of the inter
state commerce bill the gentlemen witt
the improved stock cars are coming tC
the front from all points of the compass
Their opportunity has at last come. The
A, 900 box cars used by the railways
of the country for transportation Of
live stock will now be supplanteC
in a great measure by cars con
structed on humane principles, in which
the dumb beasts will have some chance
of being spared lingering death while
being moved from the ranch to the mar
ket. The auUoCratic general freight agent
will now have TO take off his hat to the
man with the improved stock car. Mil
lions of dollars will be saved to the live
stock industry by the transportation OF
stock in improved CATS"